Eamonn McCann provides the background to recent protests by Protestants over the Belfast council's decision to restrict the flying of the Union flag. ONE OF the reasons for the Loyalist protests over ...

Last month, Catholics voted to reduce the flying of the flag to just 18 official days a year Move ended a century when the British national symbol favored by Protestants flew year-round Conflict ...

BELFAST, Northern IrelandBELFAST, Northern Ireland — At Belfast City Hall, the flagpole is bare – and the streets are filled with nighttime fear and fury. These are dangerous times in Northern Ireland ...